By Kenny, Burns & McGill | Published August 3, 2023 | Posted in Criminal Defense, Current Events | Tagged Tags: Court Decision, Felony, gun charges, gun possession |
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⟩ New District Court Opinion on Felons and Gun Ownership
The District Court of Southern Mississippi has recently released a decision with interesting implications for felons who either desire to own a gun or who have gotten in trouble for owning a gun. Up until now, the United States’ courts have held that the Second Amendment only applies to people who are “virtuous, law-abiding citizens” Read More
Read MoreSCOTUS Decision on Free Speech Versus Harassment
On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States released its opinion for the case Counterman v. Colorado. This decision regards speech that can be considered harassing or threatening, and it helps clarify when this type of speech is or is not protected by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court decided that harassing Read More
Read More$500,000 Bail Reduction in “Imperfect Self Defense” Case
The Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to announce that a client’s bail was successfully negotiated from $600,000 all the way down to just $100,000; a $500,000 decrease! We’ll call our client Mr. Marco Gleason. In the span of just a few minutes, Mr. Gleason went from going about his life Read More
Read MoreFirearm Charge Quashed
The Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is happy to share that through diligent investigation and argument, a client’s firearm charge was successfully quashed. To “quash” something in the legal world means that a court has decided that the decision of a lower legal body is invalid. In this case, the client was Read More
Read MoreRICO Charges Tossed Out
The criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill are proud to announce that all of a client’s unsubstantiated RICO charges have been dropped! “RICO” refers to the RICO Act and stands for “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.” The RICO Act is a federal law that targets organized crime by making it illegal for people Read More
Read MoreHouse Arrest Secured for Mentally Ill Client
The criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to report that a client charged with a gun crime has been granted house arrest instead of potentially spending decades in prison. This client has suffered from severe mental health issues for the majority of his life, stemming from an abusive and neglectful childhood. Read More
Read MoreDHS Child Abuse Appeal Granted; Record Expunged
With the help of the criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill, a client has successfully appealed his child abuse case to the DHS and had his record expunged. When this client received a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) informing him that a report indicating suspected child abuse had been Read More
Read MorePhiladelphia Murder Jury Trial: Not Guilty
The Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is thrilled to announce that a client accused of murder has been found not guilty by a jury of his peers. In late 2016, a man was tragically shot and killed in Philadelphia. The responding police officers recovered several pills, allegedly painkillers, from the victim’s body, Read More
Read MoreClient’s Bail Reduced by Over $900,000
The criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill was able to reduce a client’s potential bail by $925,000 at preliminary arraignment. Despite the defendant having never been in trouble with the law before, the attorneys for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania asked the judge to attach a bail of $999,999 . Luckily for the client, Read More
Read MorePhiladelphia Gun Permits – Owning a Gun in the City
Gun Permit Lawyer in Philadelphia The legal team at Kenny, Burns & McGill takes calls from people from all walks of life who want to legally own a firearm and need help getting there. Whether their license to carry (LTC) needs to be restored or their old criminal records need to be cleaned up before Read More
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